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From: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
To: Steve.Glendinning@smsc.com
Cc: Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, Ian.Saturley@smsc.com
Subject: Re: Extend smc911x to support LAN921x chips - differences?
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:08:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87vdx5gjzo.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <OFFEAB9876.D4A121DB-ON802574BF.0052D905-802574BF.0054D4AE@smsc.com> (Steve Glendinning's message of "Tue\, 9 Sep 2008 16\:26\:35 +0100")

>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Glendinning <Steve.Glendinning@smsc.com> writes:

Hi,

 Steve> Did you have the in-tree driver succesfully working with LAN9115?

I've used the mainline driver without problems on various PPC boards
with LAN9117 devices..

 Steve> The vast majority of users i've worked with have ended up
 Steve> using the out-of-tree smsc911x driver, as it "just works" on
 Steve> many platforms.  I'll be re-submitting another candidate when
 Steve> I've finished working on the LAN9500 USB ethernet driver, but
 Steve> for now the latest submission:

I've said a few times already, but couldn't you fix the existing
driver instead of adding a completely new one?

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard

  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-09-09 20:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-09-09 15:26 Extend smc911x to support LAN921x chips - differences? Steve.Glendinning
2008-09-09 16:18 ` Guennadi Liakhovetski
2008-09-09 20:08 ` Peter Korsgaard [this message]
2008-10-10 23:33   ` [PATCH, RFC] Extend smc911x to support LAN921x chips Guennadi Liakhovetski
2008-10-11  7:22     ` Peter Korsgaard
2008-10-11  9:00       ` Guennadi Liakhovetski
2008-10-11 16:48         ` Peter Korsgaard
2008-10-11 20:30           ` Guennadi Liakhovetski
2008-10-12  7:38             ` Peter Korsgaard
2008-10-11 21:10           ` [PATCH] smc911x: Fix external PHY detection Guennadi Liakhovetski
2008-10-11 22:07             ` David Miller
2008-10-12  7:43             ` Peter Korsgaard
2008-10-11 21:13           ` [PATCH] smc911x: Add support for LAN921{5,7,8} chips from SMSC Guennadi Liakhovetski
2008-10-11 22:08             ` David Miller
2008-10-11 22:59               ` [PATCH v2] " Guennadi Liakhovetski
2008-10-12  7:54                 ` Peter Korsgaard
2008-10-13  4:05                   ` David Miller
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-09-09 14:00 Extend smc911x to support LAN921x chips - differences? Guennadi Liakhovetski
2008-09-09 14:45 ` Guennadi Liakhovetski

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